Courses

Regular Courses of the Graduate Program in Ecology & Evolution (2021–2024)

(detailed summary of each course available in portuguese, each one with 32 hours)

General Academic Training

• Project Design and Development – Luis M. Bini / José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho / Thiago Rangel

• Dynamics of Scientific Production and Evaluation – Luis M. Bini / José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho / J. C. Nabout

• Philosophical Principles in Ecology and Evolution – José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

• Best Practices in Science – Fausto Nomura / Daniel Brito

• Scientific Writing – Marcus V. Cianciaruso / Rafael Loyola

• Teaching Internship – All faculty members

Methods

• Population Viability Analysis – Daniel Brito

• Spatial Analyses in Macroecology – Thiago Rangel

• Phylogeographic Analysis – Rosane Collevatti

• Multidimensional Analyses – Luis M. Bini

• Geographic Genetics – Thannya Soares / José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

• Introduction to Bayesian Inference – Thiago F. Rangel

• Programming Logic and Algorithms – Thiago F. Rangel

• Meta-analysis Applied to Ecology – Luis M. Bini

• Statistical Methods in Ecology and Evolution – Paulo de Marco Jr / Thiago Rangel

• Comparative Phylogenetic Methods – José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

• Molecular Methods in Ecology and Evolution – Mariana Pires de Campos Telles

• Ecological Niche Modeling and Species Distribution – Matheus S. Lima-Ribeiro

• Linear Models and Extensions – Luisa G. M. Carvalheiro

• Principles of Ecological Modeling – Paulo de Marco Jr

• Spatial Prioritization for Conservation – Rafael Loyola

• Use of Geographic Information Systems in Ecology – Levi Carina Terribile

• Using R Software in Ecology – Adriano S. Melo

Specific Courses in Ecology & Evolution

• Functional Diversity – Marcus Cianciaruso

• Behavioral Ecology – Fausto Nomura

• Landscape Ecology – Rosane Collevatti / Milton Ribeiro (UNESP; visiting professor)

• Field Ecology – Mário de Almeida-Neto and collaborators

• Molecular Ecology – Mariana Pires de Campos Telles

• Ecology of Aquatic Systems – Priscilla Carvalho / Jasciele Bortolini

• Speciation: Genetic and Ecological Bases – Thannya Nascimento Soares

• Structure of Ecological Networks – Mario Almeida-Neto

• Economic Foundations of Conservation – Mario Almeida-Neto

• Conservation Genetics – Rosane Collevatti

• Methods in Plant-Pollinator Interactions – Edivani Villaron Franceschinelli

• Insect–Plant Interactions – Mario Almeida-Neto / Luisa Carvalheiro

• Red Lists and Threatened Species – Daniel Brito

• Macroecology and Geographic Ecology – José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho / Fabricio Villalobos

• Biodiversity Measurement – Joaquin Hortal

• Phylogenetic Systematics – Natan Maciel

• Morpho-functional Diversity of Cerrado Plants – Renê Carneiro

• Special Topics in Ecology & Evolution (various themes with visiting professors or postdocs):

  • Analytical Biogeography

  • Structural Equation Modeling

  • Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Mammals

  • Metapopulations and Metacommunities

  • Human Ecology and Evolution

  • Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (2024)